This page is dedicated towards resources for those working on a masters in music education.
All music education papers are to be written in APA style. For help in this area, check these links out:
Join the MayDay Group to stay connected with the latest research in music education: http://www.maydaygroup.org/
Also join NAfME and read their Journal of Research in Music Education: http://www.nafme.org/
Resources for writing your thesis:
Download the free software program, Endnote
Use EndNotes to organize all your references for use in research papers and in your thesis.
A masters degree thesis is more closely related to a research paper that you would have completed during college. You are expected only to use the research of others and provide your own analysis on your discoveries. It demonstrates your level of critical and analytical thinking and defines the subject that you are most interested in pursuing within your field. With a dissertation, you are expected to use the research of others only to guide you in your own research to come up with a completely new hypothesis.
Another way in which the thesis and dissertation differ are in length. A masters degree thesis is typically over 100 pages. However, the dissertation is usually at least double and sometimes triple the length of a thesis. To determine the length of your thesis or dissertation, remember you should always first consult your grad school.
If you are doing research with human subjects (kids in schools!), you need to submit your application to the IRB. You will need to participate in CITI to get trained. See the link below: For faculty or students access to CITI course(s):
Join the MayDay Group to stay connected with the latest research in music education:
http://www.maydaygroup.org/
Also join NAfME and read their Journal of Research in Music Education:
http://www.nafme.org/
Resources for writing your thesis:
Download the free software program, EndnoteUse EndNotes to organize all your references for use in research papers and in your thesis.
APU_Style_and_Format_Handbook_for_Masters_Publications.pdf
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/
http://apus.campusguides.com/APUS_ePress/APA
some useful links:
http://apu.libguides.com/musiclinks
Guidelines for the research process including every single step and how to do it:
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/researchcourse/steps.html
Handbook for writing a masters thesis:
http://www.rider.edu/sites/default/files/docs/wcc-mused_thesis_handbook.pdf
Difference between a thesis and a dissertation:
A masters degree thesis is more closely related to a research paper that you would have completed during college. You are expected only to use the research of others and provide your own analysis on your discoveries. It demonstrates your level of critical and analytical thinking and defines the subject that you are most interested in pursuing within your field. With a dissertation, you are expected to use the research of others only to guide you in your own research to come up with a completely new hypothesis.
- Another way in which the thesis and dissertation differ are in length. A masters degree thesis is typically over 100 pages. However, the dissertation is usually at least double and sometimes triple the length of a thesis. To determine the length of your thesis or dissertation, remember you should always first consult your grad school.
Brainstorming with mindmaps/coggle:https://coggle.it/
Conducting a research literature review:
http://www.wordsinspace.net/wordpress/teaching/student-resources-2/doing-a-literature-review/
A Collection of helpful guides for research:
WORDS IN SPACE by SHANNON CHRISTINE MATTERN
Student resources relating to student research
http://www.wordsinspace.net/wordpress/teaching/student-resources-2/
Instructions and charts:
http://writingcenter.fiu.edu/resources/synthesis-matrix-2.pdf
narrated powerpoint about doing a literature review:
http://www.uvic.ca/hsd/nursing/assets/docs/current/tutor/lit_review_basics.swf
WORKSHEET FOR A RESEARCH PROPOSAL (CHAPTER 1)
Key elements:
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/researchcourse/key_elements.html
Tools for research:
http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/researchcourse/key_elements_tools.html
If you are doing research with human subjects (kids in schools!), you need to submit your application to the IRB. You will need to participate in CITI to get trained. See the link below:
For faculty or students access to CITI course(s):
METHODOLOGY:
Great site summarizing Case Study Methodology:
http://www.slideshare.net/pavan7soni/case-study-research-by-robert-yin-2003